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Definition of pandect - 2 dictionary results

pan⋅dect

  [pan-dekt]
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–noun
1. pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
2. a complete and comprehensive digest.
3. Pandects, Roman Law. digest (def. 12b).
Origin:
1525–35; < LL Pandectēs < Gk pandéktēs all-receiver (pan- pan- + déktēs receiver, container, encyclopedia)
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pan·dect   (pān'děkt')   
n.  

  1. A comprehensive digest or complete treatise.

  2. pandects A complete body of laws; a legal code.

  3. Pandects A digest of Roman civil law, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the sixth century A.D. and part of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Also called Digest.


[Latin pandectēs, encyclopedia, from Greek pandektēs, all-receiving : pan-, pan- + dektēs, receiver (from dekhesthai, to receive, accept; see dek- in Indo-European roots).]
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